Synonym: at hand, close, imminent. Antonym: far. Similar words: on earth, nearby, nearly, near to, not nearly, far and near, year after year, neat. Meaning: [nɪr /nɪə] 
v. move towards. adj. 1. not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances 2. being on the left side 3. closely resembling the genuine article 4. giving or spending with reluctance 5. with or in a close or intimate relationship 6. very close in resemblance. adv. 1. near in time or place or relationship 2. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished.
v. move towards. adj. 1. not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances 2. being on the left side 3. closely resembling the genuine article 4. giving or spending with reluctance 5. with or in a close or intimate relationship 6. very close in resemblance. adv. 1. near in time or place or relationship 2. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished. 
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211. He crouched as near to the door as he could.
212. Their mail is delivered to boxes on the roads near their farms.
213. He drove like a maniac. We had one near miss after another.
214. I like to have my books near at hand when I'm working.
215. Some scenes in the play are rather near the bone.
216. Near the end of the song he faded out the music.
217. We leave the keys near the front door for the sake of convenience.
218. The teacher told the children to close up to each other near the camp fire and then began his story.
219. In towns that are near the sea,[sentencedict.com] the tiny lanterns are placed into the water when the festival is over.
220. Large numbers of families are living on or near the poverty line .
221. A three-foot-high silver World Championship cup takes pride of place near a carved wooden chair.
222. He lives quietly in the country in a village near Lahti.
223. The chair he sat in was nowhere near as comfortable as the custom-designed one behind his desk.
224. He swore he was nowhere near her house on the night she died.
225. Everyone felt that the speaker's remarks hit near to home.
226. It's 500 miles from here, or as near as makes no difference.
227. The criminal was eventually run down in the woods near his home.
228. We were sitting in a draughty position near the door.
229. The tape was left near a magnetic source, and the resulting damage was considerable.
230. There was no question of him cancelling the trip so near the departure date.
231. He seemed to know that he was near to death.
232. He scored two goals and had another two near misses.
233. One member of the planning committee had a conflict of interests as he lived near the proposed motorway.
234. The lawyer contended her client had never been near the scene of the crime.
235. He prefers to travel in a seat near the window.
236. Shell signed a contract to develop oil and gas reserves near Archangel.
237. Nobody went near the abandoned car in case it was a booby trap.
238. According to an eyewitness account, the thieves abandoned their vehicle near the scene of the robbery and then ran off.
239. The newspapers are full of stories of leukaemia clusters near nuclear establishments.
240. A home near the sea is my idea of paradise.